Andrenidae

Balzan, Mario V., Rasmont, Pierre, Kuhlmann, Michael, Dathe, Holger, Pauly, Alain, Patiny, Sébastien, Terzo, Michael & Michez, Denis, 2016, The bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of the Maltese Islands, Zootaxa 4162 (2), pp. 225-244 : 228-229

Andrenidae

Andrena agilissima (Scopoli, 1770) :

Determined as Andrena flessae (Panzer, 1805) by IHH Yarrow in NMNH collection but this is synonymised with A. agilissima (see Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002)

Previous Reports: Alfken (1929); Valletta (1971); Schembri (1982); Kuhlmann et al. (2015):

Examined Specimen: 1♀ [NMNH]

Distribution: Continental Europe and Northern Africa, and the islands of Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily, and the Balearic Islands.

Andrena miegiella (Dours,1873)

Previous Reports: Schembri (1982)

Distribution: Mediterranean basin including the islands of Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily.

Andrena aff. leucophaea (Lepeletier, 1841)

Previous Reports: Valletta (1971)

Distribution: Algeria, Spain, Sicily and the Balearic Islands.

Andrena binominata (Smith, 1853)

Previous Reports: Schembri (1982); Kuhlmann et al. (2015) Distribution: Western Mediterranean Basin , Sicily and the Balearic Islands .

Andrena nigroolivacea (Dours, 1873)

Previous Reports: Valletta (1971); Schembri (1982); Kuhlmann et al. (2015) Distribution: Western Mediterranean Basin, Croatia and Greece, and the islands of Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and the Balearic Islands.

Andrena bicolor (Fabricius, 1775)

Previous Reports: Valletta (1971); Kuhlmann et al. (2015)

Distribution: widespread in the western Palaearctic, including Europe, the Middle East and Northern Africa.

Andrena impunctata (Pérez, 1895)

Determined as Andrena impunctata ssp. contusa in Schembri (1982) .

Previous Reports: Schembri (1982); Kuhlmann et al. (2015)

Distribution: Continental Europe, Northern Africa ( Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt), Middle East ( Israel, Lebanon, Turkey), Corsica, Sicily, and the Balearic and Canary Islands. Bees found in Israel into North Africa are referred as to A. i. contusa ( Warncke 1980) .

Andrena decipiens (Schenck, 1861)

Previous Reports: Schembri (1982); Kuhlmann et al. (2015) Distribution: Continental Europe, North-western Africa (Morocco, Algeria), Sicily.

Andrena bimaculata (Kirby, 1802)

Previous Reports: Valletta (1971); Kuhlmann et al. (2015)

Distribution: widespread in the western Palaearctic, including Europe, Northern Africa and Middle East.

Andrena pilipes (Fabricius, 1781)

Previous Reports: Alfken (1929); Valletta (1971); Schembri (1982)

Examined specimens: 2♂, Għajn Rihana, 25-v-1969, C De Lucca [NMNH]; 1♀, Wied il-Għasel, 08-vi-1969, C De Lucca [NMNH]; 1♀, Wied il-Għasel, 12-vi-1969, C De Lucca [NMNH]; 1♀, Wied il-Għasel, 22-vi-1969, C De Lucca [NMNH]; 1♂, Wied il-Għasel, 26-VI-1969, C De Lucca [NMNH]; 1♂, Buskett, 26-III-1970, C De Lucca [NMNH]; 1♀, 1♂, Wied il-Għasel, 14-II-1976, P Sammut [NMNH]; 1♀, 1♂, Għadira, 7-IV- 1 976, P Sammut [NMNH]; 1♀, Imtaħleb, 28-IV-1976, P Sammut [NMNH];

Distribution: widespread in Continental Europe. Recorded from Algeria, Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily.

Andrena tibialis (Kirby, 1802)

Previous Reports: Kuhlmann et al. (2015) Distribution: widespread in Continental Europe.

Andrena morio Brullé, 1832

Previous Reports: Alfken (1929); Valletta (1971); Kuhlmann et al. (2015) Distribution: widespread in Europe and Northern Africa.

Andrena nigroaenea (Kirby, 1802)

Previous Reports: Alfken (1929); Valletta (1971); Schembri (1982); Kuhlmann et al. (2015) Distribution: Widespread in Europe and Northern Africa.

Andrena savignyi (Spinola,1838)

Previous Reports: Schembri (1982)

Distribution: Northern Africa, Italy and Corsica.

Andrena cyanomicans (Pérez, 1895)

Previous Reports: Kuhlmann et al. (2015)

Distribution: North-western Africa, Portugal and Spain, and Israel and Jordan.

Andrena flavipes Panzer, 1799

Previous Reports: Valletta (1971); Kuhlmann et al. (2015) Distribution: Widespread in Europe and Northern Africa.

Panurgus siculus (Morawitz, 1871)

Determined as Panurgus dentipes siculus (Morawitz, 1871) but this is synonymised with P. s i c u l u s ( Patiny 2001).

Previous Reports: Valletta (1971); Schembri (1982)

Examined Specimens: 13♀, 2♂, Ħal Għaxaq , 15-iv-2014, MV Balzan ; 2♀, MV Balzan ; 1♂, Għar Lapsi (Siġġiewi), 5-v-2014 , Balzan .

Distribution: Central Mediterranean Basin ( Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Southern Italy).